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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
February 5, 1965
The Honorable Carl Hayden
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Hayden:
We, the undersigned 31 members of the House of Representatives constituting 82 percent of the members elected from California, join to acknowledge your statesmanship and vision as evidenced by your memorandum to Senator Kuchel of February 1, 1965. Ever since the termination of the litigation, we have been hopeful that a way would be found to enable Arizona to use her share of Colorado River water without causing an unrelieved disaster in California. We believe that such a way is shown by your memorandum in the assurance you give us that when the compromise bill is passed by the House of Representatives, you will "press for its prompt passage in the Senate..."
In order to execute the compromise each of us will undertake to introduce the compromise bill on Tuesday, February 9, 1965. Thereafter we shall press for prompt consideration of the bill in committee and on the floor of the House. We are hepeful that we will receive your assistance in expediting the necessary departmental reports and consideration by the Bureau of the Budget. We also hope that you will use the prestige of your position as Dean of the Senate to recall to the President the gravity of the water supply problems confronting both of our states, and to apprise him of the fact that we have now reached a historic accord as to how these problems can be solved.
We are hopeful that you will join with Senator Kuchel in introducing the compromise bill in the Senate or will otherwise prepare for expeditious consideration and passage of the bill in the Senate.
As Californias, we are naturally impressed by your reference not only to the Central Arizona Project but also "to additional developments in California (which) are of such vital importance". Among these vitally important projects is the Auburn-Folsom South Project, reported by our House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs last year. The subject having been fully considered, a bill on the Auburn-Folsom South Project should precede consideration in the House of Representatives of a bill on the Central Arizona Project and the studies of sources of supplemental water. Since Auburn-Folsom South has never been reported to the Senate,

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CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
House of Representatives
Washington, D. C.
February 5, 1965
The Honorable Carl Hayden
Senate Office Building
Washington, D. C.
Dear Senator Hayden:
We, the undersigned 31 members of the House of Representatives constituting 82 percent of the members elected from California, join to acknowledge your statesmanship and vision as evidenced by your memorandum to Senator Kuchel of February 1, 1965. Ever since the termination of the litigation, we have been hopeful that a way would be found to enable Arizona to use her share of Colorado River water without causing an unrelieved disaster in California. We believe that such a way is shown by your memorandum in the assurance you give us that when the compromise bill is passed by the House of Representatives, you will "press for its prompt passage in the Senate..."
In order to execute the compromise each of us will undertake to introduce the compromise bill on Tuesday, February 9, 1965. Thereafter we shall press for prompt consideration of the bill in committee and on the floor of the House. We are hepeful that we will receive your assistance in expediting the necessary departmental reports and consideration by the Bureau of the Budget. We also hope that you will use the prestige of your position as Dean of the Senate to recall to the President the gravity of the water supply problems confronting both of our states, and to apprise him of the fact that we have now reached a historic accord as to how these problems can be solved.
We are hopeful that you will join with Senator Kuchel in introducing the compromise bill in the Senate or will otherwise prepare for expeditious consideration and passage of the bill in the Senate.
As Californias, we are naturally impressed by your reference not only to the Central Arizona Project but also "to additional developments in California (which) are of such vital importance". Among these vitally important projects is the Auburn-Folsom South Project, reported by our House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs last year. The subject having been fully considered, a bill on the Auburn-Folsom South Project should precede consideration in the House of Representatives of a bill on the Central Arizona Project and the studies of sources of supplemental water. Since Auburn-Folsom South has never been reported to the Senate,